JOB DETAILS

About the Startup Coalition

Startup Coalition is an independent advocacy group that serves as the policy voice for technology-led start ups and scaleups in the UK. The Startup Coalition was founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs and fights for a policy environment that enables early-stage British tech companies to grow, scale and compete globally.

The Role

This role will sit at the centre of Startup Coalition’s lively and growing FinTech policy portfolio.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Being a go-to person for a specific policy area, for colleagues and startups. Meeting and liaising with Fintechs, policy stakeholders and other members of the Fintech ecosystem is critical to our success.
• Knowing their BNPL from their Open Banking. Maintaining an up to date knowledge of UK Financial Services regulation and policy and understanding the core dynamics and principles of UK financial services is important.
• Keeping on top of what’s going on in our Fintech policy portfolio. This will involve project management 101, mapping out project timelines, writing status updates, and running meetings with stakeholders.
• Ensuring startup voices are heard. This means making sure that all relevant Government and regulatory consultations are responded to, that Startup Coalition is featured in relevant press, and that we are represented at conferences and events.
• Build an industry-leading campaign machine. We are just scratching the surface of the financial services innovation opportunity, with significant room to grow the work, and a desire to build is ideal.
• Chip in on everything else. We run a small operation, so everyone works together to deliver great policy work that helps achieve a policy environment that enables tech startups and scaleups to grow and scale effectively.

Experience & Skills

This role is suitable for someone who...

• is positive, optimistic and enthusiastic, and who loves politics and fintech.
• would be happy working rapidly, with ambiguity and who can take the initiative.
• is approachable and happy spending a lot of their time talking to founders, policymakers and other folks in the ecosystem.
• believes in the power of early-stage tech entrepreneurs to improve lives.